Egypt: Judge adjourns Mohammed Morsi trial amid protests

Egypt's state TV says the judge in the trial of the country's deposed Islamist president and 14 others has adjourned the hearing soon after it started because the defendants' chants were disrupting the proceedings.

The Telegraph's Richard Spencer described "chaotic scenes" in court as lawyers representing Mohammed Morsi made clear their support for him.

"They were chanting 'Morsi is our president, Morsi, Morsi!' and then the other side; observers even journalists joined in with anti-Morsi chants. Some journalists were even shouting 'execute them, execute them!', referring to Mr Morsi and the 14 other Muslim Brotherhood defendants," he said.

Outside the courtroom Muslim Brotherhood supporters attacked journalists seen as working for outlets with an anti-Morsi bias. A Telegraph journalist was also forced to delete footage he had filmed of the melee.